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Beginner's Serbo-Croatian

by: Heaney, Duska Radosavljevic

Beginner's Serbo-Croatian

by: Heaney, Duska Radosavljevic

ISBN 13:
9780781808453
ISBN 10:
0781808456
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 11/01/2002
Publisher: Hippocrene Books

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Summary

Serbo-Croatian was the official language of the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and is understood by Serbians, Croatians, Bosnians and Montenegrins. This introduction to the Serbo-Croatian language presents grammar and vocabulary in clear and concise lessons. The text includes conversational dialogues and exercises that exemplify grammar rules, practical information for the visitor, and a section on pronunciation featuring both the Cyrillic and Latin alphabets.

Preface

History

(10)

The Serbo-Croatian Language

(4)

Serbo-Croatian Phonetics

(7)

Cyrillic alphabet

(1)

Latin alphabet

(1)

Pronunciation and transcription

(3)

Exercises

(1)

Abbreviations

(1)

Introductions

(21)

Dialogue, Vocabulary & Explanations

(6)

Grammar

(8)

Articles

(1)

Personal pronouns

(1)

Nouns

(1)

Masculine nouns

(1)

Feminine nouns

(1)

Neuter nouns

(2)

Adjectives

(1)

Possessive adjective moj, moja, moje ``my''

(1)

Verbs

(1)

Present tense of govoriti ``to speak'' and raditi ``to do''

(1)

Present tense of ici ``to go''

(1)

Jesam: The present tense of biti ``to be''

(1)

Question formation

(2)

Useful Phrases

(2)

Nationalities

(1)

Exercises

(4)

Terms of Politeness -- Service

(19)

Dialogue, Vocabulary & Explanations

(7)

(Greetings; Terms of politeness; How are you?; Making an offer; ``Yes'' and ``No'')

Grammar

(7)

Interrogative pronouns ko ``who,'' sta ``what,'' kako ``how''

(1)

Declension of nouns and adjectives

(1)

The first case: Nominative (singular)

(1)

The second case: Genitive (singular)

(1)

The fourth case: Accusative (singular)

(1)

Accusative case of the number ``one''

(1)

The sixth case: Instrumental (singular)

(1)

To sum up cases

(1)

Present tense of hteti ``to want''

(1)

The negative

(1)

Negative form of hteti ``to want''

(1)

Present tense of imati ``to have''

(1)

Negative form of imati ``to have''

(1)

Nisam: The negative form of jesam ``I am''

(1)

Present tense of piti ``to drink''

(1)

Present tense of zeleti ``to wish''

(1)

Useful Phrases

(2)

Exercises

(3)

Place -- Destination and Location

(16)

Dialogue, Vocabulary & Explanations

(3)

Grammar

(10)

Interrogative pronouns gde ``where'' and odakle ``where from''

(1)

Indefinite pronouns neko ``someone'' and nesto ``something''

(1)

The plural of the possessive pronoun moj ``my''

(1)

Noun classes

(1)

Collective nouns

(1)

The first case: Nominative (plural)

(1)

The second case: Genitive (plural)

(1)

The fourth case: Accusative (plural)

(1)

The sixth case: Instrumental (plural)

(1)

The seventh case: Prepositional (singular and plural)

(1)

Present tense of ostati ``to stay''

(1)

Odsesti ``to stay''

(1)

The future tense

(2)

Useful Phrases

(1)

Exercises

(1)

Time

(24)

Dialogue, Vocabulary & Explanations

(6)

(Numbers; Time; Other temporal determiners; Temporal adverbs)

Grammar

(13)

Interrogative pronoun koliko ``how much''

(1)

Indefinite pronoun nekoliko ``some'' or ``several''

(1)

Nouns accompanying numbers

(1)

Sat ``hour''

(1)

Minut ``minute''

(1)

Sat meaning ``clock'' or ``watch''

(1)

Cas ``hour''

(1)

Dan ``day''

(1)

Mesec ``month''

(1)

Nedelja ``week''

(1)

Noc ``night''

(1)

Summary of declensions

(1)

Imperfective and perfective meaning of verbs

(1)

Perfective use

(1)

Imperfective use

(1)

Imperfective ostajati and perfective ostati ``to stay''

(1)

The interrogative future tense

(1)

The negative future tense

(1)

Question formation: The interrogative da li

(3)

Useful Phrases

(2)

Exercises

101

(2)

Making Arrangements

103

(28)

Dialogue, Vocabulary & Explanations

104

(4)

Grammar

108

(19)

The noun kola ``car'' (pluralia tantum)

108

(1)

The third case: Dative (singular and plural)

108

(1)

The sixth case: Instrumental (exceptions)

109

(1)

Declension of the personal pronouns ja ``I'' and mi ``we''

110

(1)

Declension of the personal pronouns ti and vi ``you''

111

(1)

Possessive adjectives

111

(2)

Ordinal number ``one'': Prvi ``the first''

113

(1)

Other ordinal numbers

113

(1)

Adverbs

114

(1)

First-class verbs

115

(1)

Present tense of the (class 1b) verb moci ``can''

116

(1)

Future tense of moci ``can''

116

(1)

The perfective (class 1c) verb sesti ``to sit down''

117

(1)

The imperfective verb sedati ``to sit''

118

(1)

Odsesti and odsedati ``to stay''

118

(1)

Future tense of sesti ``to sit''

119

(1)

Second-class verbs

119

(1)

The second-class verb zvati ``to call''

120

(1)

Pozvati and pozivati ``to invite''

120

(1)

Reflexive verbs

120

(2)

Word order with reflexive verbs

122

(2)

Transitive verbs

124

(1)

Word order with transitive verbs

124

(2)

The future tense used as the imperative

126

(1)

Additional Explanations

127

(1)

(Nouns followed by a name; The impersonal use of imati ``to have'')

Useful Phrases

128

(1)

Exercises

129

(2)

At the Airport

131

(32)

Dialogue, Vocabulary & Explanations (Ways of addressing)

132

(9)

Grammar

141

(17)

The fifth case: Vocative

141

(1)

Declension of the interrogative pronouns ko ``who'' and sta ``what''

142

(1)

Declension of the possessive pronoun moj ``my''

143

(1)

Declension of the possessive pronoun tvoj ``your''

144

(1)

Declension of the possessive pronoun nas ``our''

144

(1)

Declension of the possessive pronoun vas ``your''

144

(1)

The possessive reflexive pronoun svoj ``one's own''

145

(1)

Definite and indefinite adjectives

145

(2)

Demonstrative adverbs evo and eto ``here,'' eno ``there''

147

(1)

More first-class verbs

147

(1)

Second-class (b) verbs

148

(1)

Third-class verbs

149

(1)

Fourth-class (b) verbs

149

(1)

Fifth-class verbs

150

(1)

Sixth-class verbs

150

(1)

Present tense stem

151

(1)

The imperative

152

(2)

The verb nemoj ``do not''

154

(1)

Active past participle

154

(1)

The past tense

155

(1)

Past tense of reflexive nadati se ``to hope''

156

(1)

The interrogative past tense

156

(1)

The negative past tense

157

(1)

Additional Explanations

158

(1)

(The possessive dative; Oba ``both''; Sto as a conjunction)

Useful Phrases

159

(2)

Exercises

161

(2)

At the Hotel

163

(24)

Dialogue, Vocabulary & Explanations

164

(10)

(Asking for directions; Street names)

Grammar

174

(8)

Declension of the personal pronouns ``he,'' ``she,'' ``it,'' and ``they''

174

(1)

Interrogative pronoun koji, koja, koje ``which''

174

(1)

Demonstrative pronoun taj, ta, to ``that''

175

(1)

Declension of adjectives

175

(1)

Comparison of adjectives

176

(2)

Adverbs

178

(1)

Biti ``to be'' (present, future, past, imperative)

179

(1)

Impersonal use of verbs

180

(1)

The verb treba ``is needed, should''

180

(2)

Useful Phrases

182

(2)

Exercises

184

(3)

At the Restaurant

187

(28)

Dialogue, Vocabulary & Explanations

188

(14)

(Days of the week; Ordinal numbers; Months; Dates)

Grammar

202

(9)

Comparative summary of pronouns

202

(1)

Declension of the possessive pronouns njegov, -a, -o ``his'' and njen, -a,-o ``hers''

203

(1)

Declension of the adjective svez,-a,-o ``fresh''

203

(1)

Adjectives ending in -ski, -ski, -cki

204

(1)

Comparison of the adverb mnogo ``a lot''

205

(1)

More first-class verbs (jesti ``to eat,'' uzeti ``to take,'' doneti ``to bring,'' and reci ``to say'')

205

(1)

Present past tense of biti ``to be''

206

(1)

The potential

207

(1)

Impersonal use of morati ``to have'' and zavisiti ``to depend''

208

(1)

The double negative

208

(1)

Other kinds of words (copulas; particles; interjections)

209

(1)

Question formation with the interrogative particle zar

210

(1)

Useful Phrases

211

(2)

Exercises

213

(2)

Key to Exercises

215

(18)

Glossary: Serbo-Croat-English

233

(16)

Appendices:

249

(6)

Useful Phrases and Public Notices

251

(1)

Poem: Ala je lep . . .

252

(2)

Recipe: Proja

254

(1)

Acknowledgments

255

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Beginner's Serbo-Croatian

Beginner's Serbo-Croatian

9780781808453

0781808456

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